Terriers Welcome First-Time Opponent Elon to Case Gym Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, December 17

Boston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

Elon

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Terriers Welcome First-Time Opponent Elon to Case Gym Sunday Afternoon

December 16, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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Men's Basketball (4-5) vs. Elon (6-4)
Date & Time	Sunday, Dec. 17 \| 1:00 p.m.
Venue	Case Gym "The Roof" \| Boston, Mass.
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Game Notes	BU
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Promotions	Youth Day \| Jr. Terrier's Club Pizza Party (RSVP)

BOSTON – Coming off a four-game road trip, the Boston University men's basketball team will return home to host first-time opponent Elon on Sunday afternoon with tip-off slated for 1 p.m.

Fans are encouraged to arrive early to receive a BU basketball fidget spinner giveaway. The contest marks Youth Day in which kids eighth grade and below will receive free admission. Older fans can receive a discounted ticket of $5 if they donate a children's toy.

TERRIER TIDBITS

Owning a 4-2 mark over the last six games, the Terriers are 1-2 at home so far with a win over first-time opponent Wheaton (83-48) and losses to Northeastern (65-59) and Albany (88-74).
After tying his season high with 20 points at UMass Lowell, senior Cedric Hankerson leads BU in scoring at 12.7 ppg ... He ranks fourth all-time in the program record book with 205 3-pointers ... Diversifying his offense, he's hit 18 2-pt. FGs in the last four games after hitting four total in the first five games of the season.
Sophomore Max Mahoney made his first-career start on Wednesday at UMass Lowell a memorable one with a career-high 29 pts., 11 rebs. and three blocks for hist first-ever double-double ... Over the last four games, he's averaging 18.0 ppg and 70.8 FG% ... He's currently first on the team in rebs. (5.1 rpg) and second in pts. (11.9 ppg).
Senior Nick Havener is the third Terrier in double figures at 10.0 ppg while averaging 5.0 rpg and a team-high 1.2 bpg.
Sophomore Tyler Scanlon dished out a career-high five assists against the River Hawks and now leads the team at 2.6 apg ... The Terriers are averaging 2.4 more assists a game than opponents also own a positive turnover margin of 1.1.
After being held to 32.3 FG% by then-No. 10 Miami, the Terriers have shot an incredible 60.2 percent over the last two games while going 16-of-36 (.444) from behind the arc ... For the season, BU is averaging 72.9 ppg and 46.1 FG% while holding teams to 74.1 ppg and 45.1 FG%.
Opponents are averaging eight more made free throws than the Terriers per game while shooting 74.9 percent at the charity stripe compared to the Terriers' 53.8 FT%.

SCOUTING ELON

The Phoenix are 0-4 on the road with neutral wins against Florida International (95-87, 3OT) and Concordia-St. Paul (84-62) ... Elon fell at UNC Greensboro (75-44), Milwaukee (72-71), Furman (76-67) and Duke (97-68).
Elon also has solid non-conference wins over Saint Peter's (71-65, 2OT), South Florida (79-78, OT) and Radford (77-740.
Elon is led by Preseason All-CAA First Team member and 6-foot-9 forward Tyler Seibring, who is averaging 11.8 ppg and 5.2 rpg.
6-foot-0 guard Dainan Swoope is averaging 15.7 ppg, while 6-foot-8 forward Brian Dawkins is averaging 12.8 ppg and 6.4 rpg.
The Phoenix are averaging 75.2 ppg and 43.6 FG% while holding teams to 73.9 ppg and 42.1 FG%.
Elon ranks 32nd nationally in made 3-pointers per game (10.2) but is allowing 10.4 3-pointers per game as well.

SERIES HISTORY

The teams are meeting for the first time ever.
Head coach Joe Jones is 4-7 all-time against the CAA with Terriers ... Owns two wins against Northeastern along with a home win over Delaware (2011) and neutral victory against Hofstra (2011).